Congress had the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple testify today. I didn’t bother watching any of it because I already knew that it would be a pointless exercise in political theatre.
The CEOS of four Big Tech companies disputed accusations of stifling competition during a House committee hearing. But the heads of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple sometimes struggled to answer pointed questions about their business practices.https://t.co/8TnzfjG5qe
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2020
And from all the feedback I’ve seen online, I was right. The whole thing sounded like a circus.
The most popular answer from tech CEOs avoiding unpleasant questions in Congress today:
“I don’t have the answer to that now. Let me get back to your office about that later.”
They all know the answers but don’t want to get in trouble.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) July 29, 2020
Tucker Carlson on his show tonight, called out Jim Jordan for the Republicans failure to deal with the abusive power of big tech.
Tucker Carlson Debates Congressman Jim Jordan On GOP Response To Big Tech
Tucker: "Lawmakers are tasked with running the country & passing our laws. These companies operate with a special carve-out provided them by Congress & Congress has never done anything to rein them in." pic.twitter.com/LwKcjPzbM9
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) July 30, 2020
Jordan was rambling about how Republicans can’t fix the problem because they don’t have control of the House. He failed to mention that they had control of the House and Senate throughout 2016 and 2017 and did nothing about this issue. They could have fixed this issue after Charlottesville when the censorship problem became obvious. Instead, they spent most of their time telling people how they weren’t racists.
Insanity is the “new normal” now. That is what we are dealing with here.
So until the government forces these big tech companies to let me have an account on their sites, I couldn’t give a shit what any politician says about this issue.
